Effect of Mother's Educational Level on Depression in Children and Adolescents

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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_84How to use a DOI?

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Mothers' educational level; Childhood; Adolescence; Depression; Mediating effects

Abstract

To investigate the effect of mothers' education level on depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence, this study was based on data from the 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) with children and adolescents aged 9-15 years old, and was conducted using SPSS for binary logistic and AMOS software for mediated effects analysis. The results showed that children's depression score (3.76±3.11) was lower than that of adolescents' (4.09±3.17), with a statistically significant difference (p=0.009). Mother's education level (OR=0.341, 95% CI:0.125-0.931) was a protective factor for depression in children, and the mediating effect of children's educational expectations was significant between the both, and mother's education level had no effect on depression in adolescents.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yan-na Fang
AU  - Qian Cao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Effect of Mother's Educational Level on Depression in Children and Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 709
EP  - 717
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_84
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_84
ID  - Fang2022
ER  -